National Flood Insurance Program Essential to Helping Communities

Strong awareness tools combined with smart and safe floodplain management practices can help guide communities towards less risky development, and result in floodplains that have more room for rivers to safely flood.

By Meghan Boian | September 1, 2017
Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Melissa Leake
Flooding and devastation in Baton Rouge, LA on Aug. 15, 2016 | Petty Officer 1st Class Melissa Leake